Industries
Banking & Financial Services
GSRM has a long history of representing financial institutions, including banks, savings banks, insurance companies, mortgage companies, credit unions and industrial loan and thrift companies. The firm’s experience ranges from transactional matters, such as commercial credit facilities involving multiple jurisdictions, to resolving Uniform Commercial Code issues, to loan workouts and litigation.
Construction
GSRM lawyers represent owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, governmental agencies and institutional clients on the full spectrum of public and private construction law matters. Our team advises on everything from project inception, design and finance; to execution and project management; to the resolution of potentially costly disputes and litigation claims.
Dental
GSRM lawyers represent dental professionals of all kinds, including orthodontists, endodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, periodontists, pediatric dentists, and prosthodontists. The firm advises dentists in all types of legal matters, including dental practice purchase agreements, start-ups and entity formation, entity agreements, associate buy-ins, real estate acquisition, sales and leases, owner disputes, employee disputes, and estate and business succession planning.
Healthcare
GSRM lawyers represent healthcare businesses, individuals and organizations throughout Tennessee and across the country. The firm’s Healthcare practice offers clients the knowledge of what it takes to close transactions; navigate beyond credentialing and other licensing and disciplinary challenges; guide clients through regulatory challenges; as well as manage litigation claims in the healthcare industry.
Hospitality, Food & Beverage
GSRM offers counsel and solutions that only come from direct, daily involvement in the hospitality industry. Our attorneys represent the full spectrum of clients, including restaurants, hotels, spas, theme parks, convention centers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, processors, brewers/vintners, bottlers, packers, farmers, storage holders, investors and brokers, to name only a few.
Life Sciences
GSRM represents a number of life sciences companies, including medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and independent distributors. GSRM attorneys are experienced in all types of cases faced by life sciences companies, such as intellectual property, trade secret, employee non-competition, medical malpractice and product liability litigation.
Municipalities & Government Entities
Serving municipalities and government entities requires knowledge of the law and its practical application, as well as an understanding of the unique challenges faced by these organizations. GSRM represents the rights of local and state governmental agencies on a host of challenges. Our attorneys have successfully defended government entities against single plaintiff, class action and mass tort litigation involving civil rights claims, personal injuries, road hazards and environmental torts.
Railroad & Transportation
GSRM advises publicly and privately owned Class I, Class II and shortline railroads throughout Tennessee and the United States. Our attorneys understand how common carriers operate and how to navigate through the intricacies of federal and state laws that apply to railroads. Our attorneys’ experience in high profile rail cases provides clients with the knowledge required to surmount the complexities presented by this unique type of litigation.
Real Estate
Whether a client needs to negotiate terms of a lease or purchase agreement, secure satisfactory and adequate financing, comply with development rules and regulations, or resolve survey and title issues, GSRM attorneys provide thoughtful and practical legal counsel. GSRM assists buyers, sellers, lenders, landlords and tenants on all real estate matters, including acquisition and sale, leasing and development, borrowing, lending and RESPA, litigation and dispute resolution, bankruptcy and reorganization, and zoning and land use planning.
Retail
GSRM’s Retail team brings together a knowledgeable group of corporate, real estate, restructuring and workout, employment, tax and litigation attorneys that are skilled in dealing with the specific challenges facing this industry. Our firm represents a variety of retailers, a sampling of which includes shopping malls, urban retail projects, neighborhood shopping centers, retail distribution centers, franchisors and franchisees, specialty apparel and outlet centers, as well as department big-box, large-format and off-price chain stores.